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1. |
Prairie as Ocean
03:26
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I am not from here I'm from near the sea
From a small little port town, a fishing family
I came after high school to give farming a try
To live something different than I'd known my whole life
The water so deep
The water so wide
The water so great it goes on miles and miles
First it was different, all grassland and sky
Flatlands and farmlands, no water in sight
I worked every day with my head to the ground
Listening forever, never hearing the sound of
The water so deep
The water so wide
The water so great it goes on miles and miles
Waters of darkness
Waters of blue
The waters rolling waves
That roll right into you yes they do
It happened one day, I was working my land
The wind hit the grass as if God brushed his hand through it
There was something in the prairies that reminded me of home
Now I see the ocean wherever I go
In the prairies bright stars
The prairies bright moon
The prairies rolling thunder
That rolls right into you
Night skies of diamonds
Wheat fields of gold
They go on forever, a lifetime I'm told
Yeah, the prairie’s got grass, and it moves like the sea
Though you're so far away from the ocean
You don't feel so far from the ocean here
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2. |
Ladies of the Bible
03:53
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I gave my love a cherry, sweet and with no seed
Lord, he said he wanted an apple, why the hell you blaming me?
They never say that girl she’s a fighter, they always laugh when I say I’m not nice
Except for the ones that I love and then leave ‘cause I’m tired
He threw me out in the desert, with a baby and no food
Promised children, Lord I’m sure, but we could use a little more of you
They never say that girl she’s a fighter, they always laugh when I say I’m not nice
Except for the ones that I love and then leave ‘cause I’m tired, I’m so tired
Well I said ladies, let’s all unite, we‘ll take up arms and we will start a fight
I said, ladies, let’s all unite, we’ll take up arms and we will start a riot
Ladies, let’s all unite, we‘ll take up arms and we will start a fight
Ladies, let’s all unite, we’ll take up arms and we will start a riot
Yeah, yeah
Later at Sodom and Gomorrah, my baby said he needed some spice
So I looked over my shoulder to give him some salt, yeah I gave up paradise
But they never say that girl she’s a fighter, they always laugh when I say I’m not nice
Except for the ones that I love and then leave ‘cause I’m tired, I’m so tired
I gave my Lord a baby to do with as he pleased
When he said that baby must die, I said, now God could you please take me
But they never say that girl she’s a fighter, they always laugh when I say I’m not nice
Except for the ones that I love and then leave ‘cause I’m tired, I’m so tired
So I say ladies, let’s all unite, we‘ll take up arms and we will start a fight
Ladies, let’s all unite, we’ll take up arms and we will start a riot
Ladies, let’s all unite, we‘ll take up arms and we will start a fight
Ladies, let’s all unite, we’ll take up arms and we will start a riot
Yeah, yeah
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3. |
Big Big Love
02:41
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I got a big big love
I got a big big love for you
I got a big big love
I got a big big love for you
In the morning when I rise
You bring the sun rain or shine
I got a big big love
I got a big big love for you
I got a big big love
I got a big big love for you
You gotta know
Every day before you go
I start to miss you before you walk on out that door
I got a big big love
I got a big big love for you I do
I got a big big love
I got a big big love for you
Whenever I am low
You pick me up, you hold me really close
And I’m never insecure
‘Cause you got a big love too
Yeah
I got a big big love
I got a big big love for you
I got a big big love
I got a big big love for you
And it’s bigger than the ocean
Bigger than the sea
Bigger than Canada
It’s bigger than me
I got a big big love
I got a big big love
I got a big big love
I got the biggest love
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She wears bows in her hair, bows in her hair, bows in her hair
She wears bows in her hair, bows in her hair for the show
I sharp, sharpen my knives, sharpen my knives, I sharpen my knives
I sharp, sharpen my knives every night before we go on
She was the first girl I loved, the first girl I loved, the only girl I’ll ever love
She was the first girl I loved, the only girl I’ll ever love
Juliet, why’d you do that to me girl?
Juliet, why’d you do that?
Juliet, why’d you do that to me girl?
Juliet, why’d you do that?
Last night when I came home, when I came home, when I came home
Last night when I came home, there was a man in my bed
With death on my mind I pulled out a knife, pulled out a knife, I pulled out a knife
With death on my mind I pulled out a knife and swore that his blood would be shed
But she cried, “Baby don’t do that, baby don’t do that, baby don’t do that!”
She cried, “Baby don’t do that, I’ll trade you his life for mine.”
Juliet, why’d you do that to me girl?
Juliet, why’d you do that?
Juliet, why’d you do that to me girl?
Juliet, why’d you do that?
My aim is fast and it’s true, fast and it’s true, fast and it’s true
My aim is fast and it’s true, true as the love in my heart
And what could I do, what could I do, what could I do, what could I do
What could I do if my heart is true, but do what my love bid me to?
Juliet, why’d you do that to me girl?
Juliet, why’d you do that?
Juliet, why’d you do that to me girl?
Juliet, why’d you do that?
Juliet, why’d you do that to me girl?
Juliet, why’d you do that?
Juliet, why’d you do that to me girl?
Juliet
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5. |
Wandering Heart
03:19
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Well I have loved you for too long now
Your beautiful face and your smile
It's my secret, my darkness inside
damned thing’s been keeping me up nights
I made a fool of me in front of you
In front of the one that I really need
Looking back now, could that really be me
Could he really be naïve enough to think
I don't want you
That I can convince my heart
To stop thinking of you
Before it tears him and me apart
So I leave you here, though you left long ago
and this means nothing to you I'm sure
Just the wandering of a heart whose path's been set
a heart which should have never left the road
'Cause I don't want you
And someday I'll convince my heart
To stop thinking of you
Before it tears me apart
'Cause I don't want you
And someday I'll convince my heart
To stop thinking of you
Before it tears me apart
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6. |
Cowboy Song
02:50
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I don’t ever want to be a Cowboy
Ride my horse into the setting sun
With leather chaps and boots with spurs
A big hat, a bigger gun
I don’t like wranglin’, I don’t like ropin’,
Don’t like the deer and the antelopin’
I hope, you feel the same way too
I don’t ever want to be a preacher
Savin’ sinners ain’t no life for me
Bible thumpin’ and excercisin’ while arguing theology
I don’t like gettin’ up every Sunday
Getting’ dressed up and in my very best undies
Do you, feel the same way too?
I don’t ever want to live without you
That’s one thing I’m sure about
Though I don’t know what I’m doin’
I’ll do it with you, yeah there ain’t no doubt
I know I don’t have lots of money
But what I got is yours now honey
If you, feel the same way too
I don’t ever want to be a Cowboy
Ride my horse into the setting sun
With leather chaps and boots with spurs
A bit hat, a bigger gun
I don’t like wranglin’, I don’t like ropin’,
Don’t like the deer and the antelopin’
I hope, you feel the same way too
Could you feel the same way too?
Do you feel the same way too
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7. |
Red Rose
05:07
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If love be a red, red rose
Where true hearts may repose
Then I must sleep in pain
No petals only thorns remain
My love was known to wander far
Through the forests, over the mountains
And I would wait for him ‘til he returned, he always did
He’d bring me flowers, sing to me of jewels
Tell me stories of fortune seeking fools
He would take me gently by the hand
Share the secrets of faraway lands
If love be a red, red rose,
Where true hearts may repose
Then I must sleep in pain
No petals only thorns remain
My love he was a handsome man
With many a young lady fighting for his hand
And if any of their hearts he ever did desire
They would take him without promises or vows
But I was all the love he wanted
The shyest girl, the preacher’s daughter
And so we made plans to be wed
After his fortune was made
If love be a red, red rose
Where true hearts may repose
Then I must sleep in pain
No petals only thorns remain
And I never minded being alone
For I knew he would return
And I’d love him more for having missed him while he was gone
While he was gone
My love he drowned upon the sea
Deep in the Atlantic, far away from me
And though I longed to join him again
My father was a God fearing man
He said, “You’ll be damned girl if you follow
I will not lose my only daughter
And there’s no place further from him
Then the hell that you will go to if you die.”
If love be a red, red rose
Where true hearts may repose
Then I must sleep in pain
No petals only thorns remain
My love was known to travel far
Through the forests, over the mountains
And I would wait for him ‘til he returned
And he always did Until that day he went away
Down the road that we all must someday
And though I wish that I could follow
I fear that I’m forever for this world.
If love be a red, red rose
Where true hearts may repose
Then I must sleep in pain
No petals only thorns remain
No petals only thorns remain
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8. |
Ramblin' Heart
03:27
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When I was young like you
I dreamed of getting away
Nowhere to go I just wanted to move
I needed to get away
I loved my mom I loved my daddy too
But I needed to be somewhere new
When you know you’ve got to get away
You’ve got a ramblin’ heart.
Travelled some with a boy I knew
He wanted to get away
You know he looked a lot like you
We both needed to get away
He loved me big I loved him bad
I just wasn't ready for what we had
When you know you’ve got to get away
You’ve got a ramblin’ heart
Well oh sweet baby child I find
that's how it is in this life of mine
You can't have nothing last too long
when you've got a rambling heart
Well oh sweet baby child of mine
I worry about you all the time
One of these days you’re gonna fly away
‘Cause you’ve got a ramblin’ heart like your mama
Don't want you to leave, don’t want to make you stay
If you've got a rambling heart.
It's not your fault you were born that way
Born with a rambling heart
So you love your mom and you just be good
And you don't be doing nothing that you think you shouldn't
When you know you’ve got to get away
You’ve got a ramblin’ heart
Well oh sweet baby child of mine
I worry about you all the time
One of these days you’re gonna fly away
‘cause you’ve got a ramblin’ heart like your mama
Don't want you to leave don’t want to make you stay
If you've got a ramblin’ heart
It's not your fault you were born that way
Born with a rambling heart
So you love your mom and you just be good
And you don't be doing nothing that you think you shouldn't
When you know you’ve got to get away
You’ve got a ramblin’ heart
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9. |
That's All
03:35
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There must be a simple explanation to this absolute frustration
That I start to feel when I start to feel anything for you
To think there’s something more is just a bit of nonsense
For a person who can be as logical as you
Maybe you’re right, maybe you’re wrong
Maybe I shouldn’t think about you all the time
But I can’t stop and I don’t try so hard anymore
You take what you can from life ‘cause someday it’s all over
That’s all you’ve got
That’s all
Well I’m appalled by your complete lack of discretion
You tell the world the ins and outs and all the ugly in betweens
And then you try, get me to share how I am feeling
Shaking the words out of my mouth like they were fruits out of a tree
Maybe you’re right, maybe you’re wrong
Maybe I shouldn’t think about you all the time
But I can’t stop and I don’t try so hard anymore
You take what you can from life ‘cause someday it’s all over
That’s all you’ve got
That’s all
And there ain’t nothing in this spinning world that makes a girl go round and round like you dear
There ain’t nothing in this spinning world that makes a girl go round and round like you dear
There ain’t nothing in this spinning world that makes a girl go round and round like you dear
There ain’t nothing in this spinning world that makes a girl go round and round and round and round like you
So maybe you’re right, maybe you’re wrong
Maybe I shouldn’t think about you all the time
But I can’t stop and I don’t try so hard anymore
You take what you can from life ‘cause someday it’s all over
That’s all you’ve got
That’s all
Well that’s all, that’s all, that’s all
And that’s all, that’s all, that’s all
Well that’s all, that’s all, that’s all
Yeah that’s all, that’s all, that’s all
So maybe you’re right, maybe you’re wrong
Maybe I shouldn’t think about you all the time
But I can’t stop and I don’t try so hard anymore
You take what you can from life ‘cause someday it’s all over
That’s all you’ve got
That’s all
Well that’s all, that’s all, that’s all
Yeah that’s all, that’s all, that’s all
Yeah that’s all, that’s all, that’s all
And that’s all, that’s all, that’s all
Yeah that’s all, that’s all, that’s all
And that’s all, that’s all, that’s all
Yeah that’s all, that’s all, that’s all
And that’s all, that’s all, that’s all, that’s all
So that’s all, that’s all,
That’s all, that’s all, that’s all
And that’s all that’s all, that’s all, that’s all
And that’s all
So that’s all that’s all, that’s all, that’s all
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10. |
Feathers in the Cracks
04:03
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I have been there, I have walked in a country that’s said to have died
But now is rising, rising from the ash, unsure what it means to be alive
And I think that she might have been shackled, she just didn’t have enough time
To take all of the poison from out of her veins, she tries hard to make it right
An angel
She might not be following me but I know that she’s real
‘cause I’ve seen her feathers in the cracks of the pavement
And there’s got to be someone here who’s strong and who is able
And it’s not me, it’s not me
Rolled into town with the wrong words in our mouths, unsure of what it was we should say
It was, “Nice to meet you.” When I mean to say, “Thank you.” Sometimes it comes out the wrong way
I want to wake up smiling ‘cause I’ve done something right in a world where so many things are wrong
People around me are happy to be living lives in their good healthy homes
With their angels
She might not be following me but I know that she’s real
‘cause I’ve seen her feathers in the cracks of the pavement
And there’s got to be someone here who’s strong and who is able
And it’s not me, it’s not me
I keep on dreaming since I came back home, I feel not quite like me these days
Like half me stayed in the country where my conscience was born while the other went away
Now that I’ve seen real life people in real life pain, I just can’t seem to get back in line
And I dream words in languages I didn’t used to know, wonder which place to call home
Where’s my angel?
She might not be following me but I know that she’s real
‘cause I’ve seen her feathers in the cracks of the pavement
And there’s got to be someone here who’s strong and who is able
And it’s not me, it’s not me
Spent the night at a hostel in Perkin with a friend who lost his father in the war
It’s been 15 years and they never found a body, that history belongs to thousands more
I want to take all these barefooted children, put brand new shoes on their feet
That’s a first world solution to a third world problem, give them money instead of family
Instead of angels.
She might not be following me but I know that she’s real
‘cause I’ve seen her feathers in the cracks of the pavement
And there’s got to be someone here who’s strong and who is able
And it’s not me, it’s not me
It’s not me, it’s not me
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Jessica Heine Edmonton, Alberta
Singer/songwriter Jessica Heine's dynamic voice shakes rooms – she’s a classically trained vocal performer. But her passion is the power of song, shared through the folk tradition.
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